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Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
In this episode we were lucky enough to have John Jones, III who's the Director of Community and Political Engagement for Just Cities Oakland. They work in restorative justice in policy, planning and development.
A little about John Jones, III
John Jones III is currently on staff for Just Cities as the Director of Community and Political Engagement. As a father of three and born and raised in East Oakland, John is also formerly incarcerated, and after paroling was unemployed and homeless for eighteen months. John became involved in community organizing and advocacy to empower himself and others.
John uses his personal story of pain, trauma, faith and transformation to inspire young people as well as fight for policy change. John has worked on several local and state campaigns and ballot measure and is a passionate and vocal advocate for affordable housing, employment, violence reduction, ending mass incarceration and racial equity. John has received a number of awards and accolades as a result of his labor.
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Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
As the senate has their final vote on the latest COVID-19 stimulus, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is a horrible Wall St. ghoul who should be in jail, not office. We discuss the proposed bill, and the person in charge of monitoring Wall St., and why you should be disgusted.
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Aaron Glantz on Steve Mnuchin (Democracy Now!)
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/15/aaron_gantz_steve_mnuchin_housing_crisis
Beyond the Economic Chaos of Coronavirus is a Global War Economy
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Alright, were just cranking them out here in Bitter Lake land! This time we get to talk to a very close personal friend of mine, Pascual Romero. He's one of the most talented vocalists and guitar players I know. He's currently in the band Devil's Throne, and Strangled by Strangulation. He's been in Divine Heresy, Fear Factory, In This Moment, and SO MANY MORE! The discuss the pitfalls of the libertarian argument as well as the conservative and liberal points of view.
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Squaring the Strange (Pascual's podcast)
Intercept piece on Kaiser Hospital in Oakland
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Stuck in the house we’re gonna be pumping these out!! Anyway, we discuss on this episode the weaponized racist nature of calling COVID-19 the “Chinese Virus” martial law, and where viruses come from!
Artwork for this episode is by Rob Israel. You can find and buy his art (and this can be t-shirt too) here:
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Naomi Klein, Coronavirus Shock Doctrine:
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/19/naomi_klein_coronavirus_capitalism
Why are bat viruses so deadly?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200210144854.htm
Taiwan's fast response to Covid-19
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Episode 12
In this episode we discuss the comparisons between the great failing of 31st President Herbert Hoover, who many feel responsible for the greatest financial tragedy in American history, and our current President Donald Trump. The blunder of the Trump administration maybe the botched handling of the current coronavirus. The president has constantly changed his stance on the virus, at one point even calling it a Democratic plot against him. Lack of testing, coupled with lack of action have caused not just a major disruption in American life, but also a downturn in the stock market.
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Donald Trump is Having His Herbert Hoover Moment
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
FAMEless Ep. 4
In this weeks episode we have the first ever FAMEless guest that brought an entourage, comedian Keisha Kidd joined us on the show for a a discussion about the coronavirus pandemic, the administrations bungling of said pandemic, and butt stuff.
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Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Episode 11
In this episode I was blessed enough to get former bank regulator, now financial director Nina Qualls-Mendoza, and Tonya Love District Director. I can't lie, I was a bit disheartened by the results from this past Tuesday's primaries. What I hated most was the narrative the Bernie Sanders doesn't connect with black voters, while Joe Biden, a man who has a HORRIBLE RECORD with the black community is the go to choice because he was VP under Obama. Hearing that same story over and over again, on mainstream media, I know that the casual black voter might even start to believe. it. We often hear, "People want a return to normalcy". What is "normalcy" under a Biden presidency; especially when he was a part of the administration that gave us Trump? We also discuss black women's role in leading radical movements.
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Adolph Reed,, "Liberals I do despise"
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
On episode 3 of FAMEless, we are joined by comedian Chey Bell to talk about the intersectional struggles and triumphs of the black, queer, female comic.
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Chey Bell Revolt TV Appearance
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Hello, and thank you again for tuning in. WE'RE AT EPISODE NUMBER 10! For the month of March, we're going to be discussing criminal justice reform with a bunch of guests from the public defenders office, to historians, and of course prison abolitionists.
This week we have on luthier, and guitar tech Greg Day. Greg works with everyone from Slayer, Faith No More, Rancid to Bitter Lake. Greg is not just the man that helps us maintain our tone, he's one of the smartest, kindest people we know. We share books, and thoughts on all things socialism, anarchism, and we are constantly giving our critique of capital. So Greg was not too pleased when I told him to watch the new Netflix docuseries, "The Trial of Gabriel Fernandez". In short, it's a six part series about the murder of an 8 year old boy by his mother and her boyfriend. As the series progresses we see that breakdowns in the system led to the boy's untimely demise. I wanted to use this story as a jumping off point for our criminal justice reform series.
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Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
"But what about Weinstein?" This the line that has become synonymous with defenders of black men who commit sexual assault. You hear it so often in some sort of defense of Cosby's heinous actions. Cosby's crimes can now be absolved since a white man was accused (no found guilty in a New York court )of something equally as odious. This is not what equality looks like my fellow brothers and sisters. Yes, from time immemorial, black men have been accused of, convicted of, killed because of alleged sexual assaults. We acknowledge that. The scales of justice historically have not tipped in favor of the black man. All that being said, trying to discredit one's argument, or belittle the TRUTH by trying to call them hypocrite, WITHOUT proving the action wrong (in this case rape/sexual assault) does nothing to prove your point, it just becomes a classic case of Whataboutism. We discuss this in the latest episode.
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A Eulogy for 'But What About Weinstein Tho'